Do You Mommy Your Husband?
Posted
Friday, May 02, 2008 2:22 PM
I came across an article yesterday called “Do You Mommy Your Husband?”
Women find themselves mothering their husbands because of societal pressures to be the ultimate woman, says Pepper Schwartz, a sociology professor at the University of Washington in Seattle.
"We've been taught that the way to show love is to do for others," she says. And, according to Schwartz, some women believe that the more they nurture, the better a woman they are.
I’d like to think I don’t do this – but I know I’d be fooling myself. I pick up after my husband, remind him to not forget his keys or that he should have something besides a salad for dinner. And don't even get me started on how much I wish he hadn't have bought the new Grand Theft Auto.
We see images on TV all the time of married couples where the husband leaves his stuff all over and begs his wife to do this or that for him. In the last week I saw examples of this on “According to Jim,” “Still Standing,” “Reba,” “The Golden Girls,” “The George Lopez Show” and Everybody Loves Raymond. (Since family sitcoms are practically nonexsistant these days, I had to use reruns).
Considering the previous article I found on women spending seven hours a week on average cleaning up after their husbands, this article doesn’t surprise me.
Although, it does sound better than the reverse article: “Do You Daddy Your Wife.”
Sound off ladies (and gents), do you mommy your husband?